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Rights of the child 2005, para. 26
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- Calls upon all States to protect refugee, asylum seeking and internally displaced children, in particular those who are unaccompanied, who are particularly exposed to risks in connection with armed conflict and post-conflict situations, such as recruitment, sexual violence and exploitation, to pay particular attention to programmes for voluntary repatriation and, wherever possible, local integration and resettlement, to give priority to family tracing and reunification and, where appropriate, to cooperate with international humanitarian and refugee organizations;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2005
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 24
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- Calls upon all States to ensure, for migrant children, the enjoyment of all human rights as well as access to health care, social services and education of good quality; States should ensure that migrant children, and especially those who are unaccompanied, in particular victims of violence and exploitation, receive special protection and assistance;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2005
Paragraph
Elimination of violence against women 2005, para. 22
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- Also urges States to mainstream a gender perspective into all policies and programmes, including national immigration and asylum policies, regulations and practices, as appropriate, in order to promote and protect the rights of all women and girls, including the consideration of steps to recognize gender related persecution and violence when assessing grounds for granting refugee status and asylum;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2005
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Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 9
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- Recognizing the importance of continued cooperation at the bilateral, regional, interregional and international levels in protecting and promoting the rights and welfare of women migrant workers,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 1
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- Takes note of the note by the Secretary General (E/CN.4/2004/71) and his report on violence against women migrant workers submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty eighth session (A/58/161);
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 4
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- Also calls upon concerned Governments, in particular those of countries of origin and destination, if they have not yet done so, to put in place penal sanctions to punish traffickers and perpetrators of violence against women migrant workers and, to the extent possible, to provide the victims of violence and trafficking with the full range of immediate assistance, such as counselling, legal and consular assistance, temporary shelter and other measures that will allow them to be present during the judicial process, to safeguard their dignified return to the country of origin as well as to establish reintegration and rehabilitation schemes for returning women migrant workers;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 8
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- Encouraged by some measures adopted by some receiving States to alleviate the plight of women migrant workers residing within their areas of jurisdiction,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants (E/CN.4/2004/76 and Add.1 4), which focuses on an analysis of the situation of women migrant domestic workers;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 7
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- Deeply concerned over the continuing reports of grave abuses and acts of violence committed against the persons of women migrant workers by some employers in some host countries as well as by traffickers in some countries,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Trafficking in women and girls 2004, para. 19
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- Encourages Governments, in cooperation with intergovernmental organizations and non governmental organizations, to study, by applying a gender perspective, the vulnerable situation of potential victims of trafficking, especially women and girls, and to undertake information campaigns targeted at potential victims of trafficking, especially women and girls, aimed at clarifying opportunities, limitations and rights in the event of migration so as to enable them to make informed decisions to prevent them from being victims of trafficking;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Trafficking in women and girls 2004, para. 8
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- Recognizing the importance of bilateral, subregional and regional cooperation mechanisms and initiatives to address the problem of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and taking note of relevant efforts in this regard (most recently, the second Regional Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime, held at Bali, Indonesia, from 28 to 30 April 2003, and the eighth Regional Conference on Migration, held at Cancún, Mexico, on 29 and 30 May 2003 as part of the Puebla Process, as well as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, endorsed at the Eleventh Meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Ministerial Council held at Maastricht, The Netherlands, on 1 and 2 December 2003).
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 10
- Paragraph text
- Noting that women migrant workers are particularly vulnerable to violence,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 3
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- Welcoming the entry into force, on 29 September 2003 and 25 December 2003, respectively, of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the Convention, and acknowledging with appreciation the entry into force of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families on 1 July 2003,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 7
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- Encourages States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its two additional protocols, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, as well as the Slavery Convention of 1926;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 4
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- Recalling the pertinent provisions that apply to women migrant workers in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted in September 2001 by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1),
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Trafficking in women and girls 2004, para. 24
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- Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in cooperation with participating organizations of the Intergovernmental Organization Contact Group on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling, to brief delegations and other interested parties on the Office of the High Commissioner's Trafficking Programme and the activities of the Contact Group during the sixty second session of the Commission;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 6
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirms emphatically the duty of States parties to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 to ensure full respect for and observance of the Convention, in particular article 36 with regard to the right of foreign nationals, regardless of their immigration status, to communicate with a consular official of their own State in the case of detention, and the obligation of the State in whose territory the detention occurs to inform the foreign national of that right;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 1
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- Recalling all previous resolutions on violence against women migrant workers adopted by the General Assembly, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and the Commission on Human Rights, as well as the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Elimination of violence against women 2004, para. 21
- Paragraph text
- Also urges States to mainstream a gender perspective into national immigration and asylum policies, regulations and practices, as appropriate, in order to promote and protect the rights of all women, including the consideration of steps to recognize gender related persecution and violence when assessing grounds for granting refugee status and asylum;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- Invites the States concerned, specifically countries of origin and destination, to consider adopting appropriate legal measures against intermediaries who deliberately encourage the clandestine movement of workers and who exploit women migrant workers in violation of their human dignity;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 30
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon all States to ensure, for migrant children, the enjoyment of all human rights as well as access to health care, social services and education of good quality; States should ensure that migrant children and especially those who are unaccompanied, in particular victims of violence and exploitation, receive special protection and assistance;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 2
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- Reaffirming the provisions concerning women migrant workers contained in the outcome documents of the World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in June 1993, the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in September 1994, the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in September 1995, and the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen in March 1995, and their five year reviews,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 32
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon all States to protect refugee, asylum seeking and internally displaced children, in particular those who are unaccompanied, who are particularly exposed to risks in connection with armed conflict, such as recruitment, sexual violence and exploitation, to pay particular attention to programmes for voluntary repatriation and, wherever possible, local integration and resettlement, to give priority to family tracing and reunification and, where appropriate, to cooperate with international humanitarian and refugee organizations;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Trafficking in women and girls 2004, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants (E/CN.4/2004/76 and Add.1 4), which focuses mainly on an analysis of the situation of women migrant domestic workers but devotes a section to trafficking, especially of women;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 3
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- Calls upon all Governments to take all necessary measures to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by women migrant workers and encourages Governments to seek ways to eliminate causes that put them at risk;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming the necessity of eliminating racial discrimination against migrants, including migrant workers, in relation to issues such as employment, social services, including education and health, as well as access to justice, and that their treatment must be in accordance with international human rights instruments, free from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2003, para. 32
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon all States to protect refugee, asylum-seeking and internally displaced children, in particular those who are unaccompanied, who are particularly exposed to risks in connection with armed conflict, such as recruitment, sexual violence and exploitation, to pay particular attention to programmes for voluntary repatriation and, wherever possible, local integration and resettlement, to give priority to family tracing and reunification and, where appropriate, to cooperate with international humanitarian and refugee organizations;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2003
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2003, para. 30
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon all States to ensure, for migrant children, the enjoyment of all human rights as well as access to health care, social services and education of good quality; States should ensure that migrant children and especially those who are unaccompanied, in particular victims of violence and exploitation, receive special protection and assistance;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2003
Paragraph
Elimination of violence against women 2003, para. 22
- Paragraph text
- Further urges States to mainstream a gender perspective into national immigration and asylum policies, regulations and practices, as appropriate, in order to promote and protect the rights of all women, including the consideration of steps to recognize gender-related persecution and violence when assessing grounds for granting refugee status and asylum;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2003
Paragraph
Traffic in women and girls 2002, para. 19
- Paragraph text
- Takes note of the establishment of the Intergovernmental Organization Contact Group on Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling, under the coordination of the Trafficking Adviser of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and co-chaired by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Labour Organization, which brings together representatives of the major Geneva-based intergovernmental organizations working on trafficking, as well as relevant non-governmental organizations, for cooperation and collaboration on the issue of trafficking;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2002
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